While serving two years in Scotland in the U.S. Navy in the mid-1970s, I often watched the British TV series "The Sweeney," which was a crime drama based on Scotland's Yard's famous Flying Squad.
Just in time for the new school year, virtual as it may be, comes a new warning of a new fright for parents to deal with, and more likely than not, wait for it, wait for it, for government to cite as justification to keep schools closed, and maybe even churches and more -- and it's one that goes like this: Acute flaccid myelitis.
Susan Rice, former national security adviser and potential Joe Biden vice president pick, said police need a massive "re-imaging" -- meaning, a total rework. Meaning, a total reshaping. Meaning, a total collapse. "Re-imagining" is code for watering law enforcement to the point where they're no longer law enforcement.
As Democrats prepare to convene their 2020 political convention later this month, their draft platform exhibits a few loose planks. Meant to help Americans gather around a common cause, sadly, it reads like a blueprint for driving them apart.
Is it dumb for Black Lives Matter not to show 100% support for the reelection of President Trump? Mr. Trump, not Barack Obama, did the following: He brought opportunity zones to minority neighborhoods; restored funding for historically black colleges and universities; achieved prison reform largely benefiting Black inmates; supported school choice; and used deregulation to shrink Black unemployment to record lows. Is it simple-minded not to recognize progress and want more of it?
We were supposed to be right in the middle of the Olympics right now, coming to you taped for TV and live on the web, from Tokyo. Now the 2020 Games supposedly, will take place in 2021 -- wishful thinking.
COVID-19 has disrupted work for most folks like no event since the mechanization of agriculture or Henry Ford's moving assembly line, but it's not terribly novel.
A new poll from Gallup shows that 85% of American parents who identify as Democrats worry their children will contract COVID-19, but only 29% of those who say they're Republican express similar concerns. That's about right. Democrats, by nature, are fear-filled scaremongers.
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